Paper bag



May 29, 1928.

J. W. C. MEIKLE PAPER BAG Filed March 8, 1927 NVENTOR.

TTRNEY.

Patented May A29, 1928. i

UNITED- STA 'rss PATENT ori-ica JOSEPH W. C. MEIKLE, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF `T0 WIL- LIAM JEROME SOPER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND; HELEN HOLSTO MEIKLE, Ex- ECUTRIX OF SAID JOSEPH W. C. MEIKLE, DECEASED, ASSIGNOR OE ONE-FOURTH T0 WILLIAM JEROME SOPER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. i

. PAPER BAG.

Application ma xarii a, m7. serial if. 173,625.

This invention relates toimprovements in paper bags and has particular reference to a bag embodying a novel construction of flap toclose the open end with openings there- -through by which the same may be suspended or carried.

One object of my invention is to provide a bag which maybe used for various purposes, but which `is especially designed for the use of bakers wholdeliver their prod` ucts, such as bread, rolls, buns etc. directly to the consumers -hoine in the early morning hours and while the servants or members ofa household are still asleep.

Early morning delivery has become a com` mon practice with bakers but difficulties are experienced, and some objections to such delivery are made, because of the lack of protection for the breads or other products, at' the homes of the consumers at a time whenthere is no one about to receive the products.

Often, the bread, in a bag or waxed paper, is merel laid in the doorway. of the consumer an is exposed to the weather, ants or bugs and sometimes to stay animals or rats, and these objectionable conditions materially interfere with the expansion of .the bakers business in so far as direct early morning delivery to the consumer is concerned. I

My .invention therefore has for its object to provide a ba in which the bakers products may bep aced, which will effectively protect the contents, which will be suilicienthave a novel form of flap and openings b which the bagmay be hung on a door-kno or other suspension means and which, when so hung, will keep the flap of the bag closed and prevent the entrance of dust, dirt or water, if the bag happens to be exposed to rain or snow.

With these objects in view, the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein,- i

Fig. 1 illustrates the 'flap or collapsed ba with its flap up-turned.

ig. 2 shows avertical sectional detail throu h the flap collapsed bag with the flap turne up,-the section' being taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

strong to sustain the weight of the con' tents when hung from one end; whicliwill vthrough the same with the flap turned down.

F ig. 5 shows the improved bag with its contents hung from the knob ot a door, and

F1 6 shows the detached reinforcing strip and zip-member.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral l10, designates the body of the paper bag; 11, the bottom thereof and 12 th'e longitudinal seam. In so far as my invention is concerned, it is immaterial as to just what form of bottoni the bag may have or where the longitudinal seam 12 is located, but it isv important that the bag be provided with a flap at its open end in order to eectually close the latter and protect the contents.

It is also desirable that the ba be reinforced at its mouth or open end ecause I desire to suspend the bag and its contents from that end.

In carrying out my invention, I preferably 'provide a reinforcement that not only reinforces both walls ofthe bag, but which also Vproduces the flap by which the bag may be closed. l

For the purpose of distinguishing the walls of the bag, I designate the front wall 14 and therear wall 15, and the seam 12 extenlds, in this instance, lengthwise of the rear wa The upper edges 16 and 17 of the front and rear walls, in the present disclosure,v are shown as being in alinement in a crosswise direction between the opposite sidetedges- 18 of the bag. v

In further carrying out my invention, I provide a reinforcing member 19 of a peculiar shape as illustrated in Fig. 6 of the drawing.i

This reinforcing' member has a lower body-portion 20, that is wider than an upper flap-portion 21 thereof, and in practice, said lower wider portion is preferably, at least twice the width of the said narrower flap' portion. l

The upper narrower flap portionl 21, in the 'form shown, has a height about e ual tothe height of the lower portion sot at the reinforcing member is. about twice as high at the `flap portion as through the lower portion. It is not essential however that these roportions be maintained.

In t e present disclosure of reinforcement, the upper flap-portion 21 is located at one side and at the upper edge of the entire reinforcing member, while the lower body-portion has an extension 22 projecting laterally from the base of the flap-portion.

When this reinforcing member is applied to the open e'nd of the bag the extension 22, will be cemented or glued to the rear wall 15, of the bag and extend crosswise thereof from side to side and with its upper edge 23 flush with the u per ed e 17 of said rear wall, as shown in ig. 2 o theq drawing.

f course, this extension 22, will have its entire contacting surface with wall 15, glued to the latter.

Inthe form shown, one end edge 24, of this extension around one side edge 18 of the bag-body and is glued against the front wall 14, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing.

After the extension 22 is glued to the bagwall 15, it will then be folded on the line 25 and passed around the opposite side edge 18 of the bag to the front and the lower portion 20, beneath the flap 21, will then be glued to the front wall 1a and will extend across the latter from side to side until its edge 26, overlaps theedge 24 of the lateral extension as can be seen in Fig. 3 of the drawing.

It will thus be seen that the reinforcing member is glued or otherwise attached to both the rear and front walls of the bag around'the open end but that the flaportion 21 will extend beyond the end e ges 16-17 of said open end.

The fla 21 will then be turned down on the fold ine 27 and laid against thereinforcing Vextension 22 at the rear side of the bag so that a single punch may be passed through the flap, the reinforcement and the bag-walls, and thus produce registering perforations 28 and 29 in the opposed rear and front walls and a like perforation 30 in the fla 21.

f course, the perforation 28, extends through the reinforcement extension 22 and the rear wall 15 of the bag, while the perforation 29, extends also through the reinforcement and the front Wall 14 of the bag so that each of those perforations passes through at least two thicknesses of material and the walls of the perforations are there- In Fig. 5, I show a doorway; a door 31 and a knob 32 von the door, and the bag containing, say two loaves of bread 33, is hung on the door-knob 32 with the flap21 turne down and the bag thus closed.

Of course, the bag may be hung on any projection other than a door-knob that may be passed through the registering perforations.

Having described my invention, I claim,-

1. A bag having front and. rear walls and open at one end said bag having a reinforcement attached thereto adjacent to said open end said reinforcement extending across the front and rear walls and at the front wall the reinforcement being deeper and projecting beyond the open end of the bag and forming a flap for said open end, and said reinforcement, front and rear'walls and the flap of the reinforcement each having an opening therein, all of which openings Will register when the flap is turned down.

2. A bag having front and rear walls and open at one end, a reinforcing strip attached to and extending crosswise of therear wall and also extending around and across the front wall at the open end of the bag,-said reinforcing strip carrying an extension at its upper side which forms a flap for the open end of the bag and said front and rear reinforcement portions and the flap thereof each having an opening therethrough all of which openings will register when the flap is turned down.

3. A bag having a front wall and a rear wall and open at one end and also having a reinforcement strip extending all the way across` the open end from one side edge of the bag to the other side edge thereof,-said reinforcement strip being attached to the bag-wall and alone forming a com lete flap to cov'er the entire end-opening and folding -over'against the other bag-Wall the said reinforcement flap and both bag-walls each having an opening which openmgswill register when the reinforcement covering flap is turned down.

In testimony whereof I alix my signature.

JOSEPH W. C. MEIKLE. 

